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Geographic Information Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Certificate
Credential class
ceterms:Certificate
CIP
30.3801
Credits (computed from items)
120
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
199120
CourseShelf checklist
CK_199120_2122cc03
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Course Requirements

0 items

    Core Courses

    major core · 3 items
    1. GEOG 477
      Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Environment
      As published: “Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Environment 1”
      or: GEOG 577 Advanced Remote Sensing
      or: GEOG 567 Geospatial Data Analysis with Google Earth Engine
      3
    2. GEOG 491
      Principles of Geographic Information Systems
      or: GEOG 591 Applied Issues in Geographic Information Systems
      3
    3. GEOG 515
      Applied Spatial Data Science
      As published: “Applied Spatial Data Science 1”
      or: GEOG 567 Geospatial Data Analysis with Google Earth Engine
      or: GEOG 592 Geographic Information Science Programming
      3

    Electives

    electives · 1 item
    1. Students are required to take three total electives with at least one being a GEOG elective totaling 9 credit hours. Please note that if students select one of the following electives to fulfill a core requirement, the course credit will not count towards the elective minimum hours requirement.
      Not resolved to a course
      9

    Minimum Hours

    0 items

      Electives

      electives · 0 items

        One Geography Elective:

        electives · 17 items
        1. GEOG 410
          3
        2. GEOG 446
          3
        3. GEOG 456
          3
        4. GEOG 477
          3
        5. GEOG 491
          3
        6. GEOG 515
          3
        7. GEOG 541
          3
        8. GEOG 544
          3
        9. GEOG 555
          3
        10. GEOG 567
          3
        11. GEOG 570
          3
        12. GEOG 577
          3
        13. GEOG 591
          3
        14. GEOG 592
          3
        15. GEOG 594
          3
        16. GEOG 790
          3
        17. GEOG 802
          3

        Two other courses (may select either Geography or options from the list below):

        17 items
        1. ANTH 419
          3
        2. ANTH 490
          3
        3. ANTH 897
          Seminar in Selected Topics
          As published: “Seminar in Selected Topics (Archeological Visualization)”
          3
        4. BIOL 465
          3
        5. COMP 426
          Modern Web Programming
          As published: “Web Programming”
          3
        6. COMP 572
          3
        7. COMP 775
          3
        8. EMES 508
          3
        9. EMES 561
          3
        10. ENEC/EMES 415
          Environmental Systems Modeling
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        11. ENEC 468
          3
        12. ENEC 479
          3
        13. INLS 523
          3
        14. INLS 541
          3
        15. INLS 641
          3
        16. SOCI 718
          3
        17. PLAN 672
          3
        Source. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.unc.edu/graduate/certificate-programs/geographic-information-science/. Captured page pages/0210.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.